2024
Smil, V. 2024. How to Feed the World. London: Viking, 336 pp. Book
Smil, V. 2024. Décarboner: Entre le rêve et la réalité. Transitions et Énergies 22:45-69. PDF
Smil, V . 2024. Halfway Between Kyoto and 2050: Zero Carbon Is a Highly Unlikely Outcome. Vancouver: Fraser Institute, 46 pp. PDF
2023
Smil, V. 2023. It’s a material world. Mechanical Engineering 146(1):30-35. PDF
Smil, V. 2023. Materials and Dematerialization: Making the Modern World. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons. xii+320 pp. Book
Smil, V. 2023. On overhyped inventions, category errors and missed opportunities. Pictet Report Summer 2023:40-43. PDF
Smil, V. 2023. Size: How it Explains the World. London: Penguin and New York: William Morrow, xix+292 pp. Book
Smil. V. 2023. The 12 innovations we need to save humanity and the planet. New Scientist January 3, 2023. PDF
Smil, V. 2023. Invention and Innovation. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 232 pp. Book
2022
Smil, V. 2022. Waiting for superbatteries. IEEE Spectrum December 2022:21. PDF
Smil, V. 2022. Hydropower, the forgotten renewable. IEEE Spectrum November 2022:20-21. PDF
Smil, V. 2022. Decarbonization is our costliest challenge. IEEE Spectrum October 2022:22-23. PDF
Smil, V. 2022. Fuel, food, and war. IEEE Spectrum September 2022:20-21. PDF
Smil, V. 2022. Meat eating is as human as apple pie. IEEE Spectrum August 2022:18-19. PDF
Smil, V. 2022. A Moore’s law — for bombs. IEEE Spectrum July 2022:19. PDF
Smil, V. 2022. Electricity’s slow rollout. IEEE Spectrum June 2022:20-21. PDF
Smil, V. 2022. COVID: Excess mortalities two years later. IEEE Spectrum May 2022:20-21. PDF
Smil, V. 2022. The carbon footprint of plate glass. IEEE Spectrum April 2022:18-19. PDF
Smil, V. 2022. Africa’s access to electricity. The carbon footprint of plate glass. IEEE Spectrum March 2022:20-21. PDF
Smil, V. 2022. How the World Really Works. London: Viking. 326 pp. Book
Smil, V. 2022. Decarbonization algebra. IEEE Spectrum February 2022:20-21. PDF
Smil, V. 2022. Extreme designs. IEEE Spectrum January 2022:20-21. PDF
2021
Smil, V. 2021. The hyperloop is hyper old. IEEE Spectrum December 2021:18-19. PDF
Smil, V. 2021. Natural Gas in the New Energy World. Madrid: Naturgy Foundation. PDF
Smil, V. 2021. Electric flight. IEEE Spectrum November 2021:22-23. PDF
Smil, V. 2021. What goes up . . . IEEE Spectrum October 2021:18-19. PDF
Smil, V. 2021. SUVs ascendant IEEE Spectrum September 2021:22-23. PDF
Smil, V. 2021. A boat can indeed be too long and too skinny. IEEE Spectrum August 2021:18-19. PDF
Smil, V. 2021. Voltages, plugs and frequencies. IEEE Spectrum July 2021:20-21. PDF
Smil, V. 2021. Fugitive emissions. IEEE Spectrum June 2021:20-21. PDF
Smil, V. 2021. Farming fish. IEEE Spectrum May 2021:20-21. PDF
Smil, V. 2021. Supersizing the grid. IEEE Spectrum April 2021:18-10. PDF
Smil, V. 2021. The tomato’s energy footprint. IEEE Spectrum March 2021:18-19. PDF
Smil, V. 2021. Grand Transitions: How the Modern World Was Made. New York: Oxford University Press, xi+338 pp. Book
Smil, V. 2021. Energy conversion efficiency is falling. IEEE Spectrum February 2021:18-19. PDF
Smil, V. 2021. Sweden’s Covid response. IEEE Spectrum January2021:16-17. PDF
2020
Smil, V. 2020. Energiewende, 20 years later. IEEE Spectrum December 2020:22-23. PDF
Smil, V. 2020. Claiming the Nile. IEEE Spectrum November 2020:20-21. PDF
Smil, V. 2020. Numbers Don’t Lie: 71 Things You Need to Know About the World. London: Viking, xvi+366 pp. Book
Smil, V. 2020. Pandemic memories and mortalities. IEEE Spectrum October 202O:16-17. PDF
Smil, V. 2020. Indeterminate growth. IEEE Spectrum September 202O:20-21. PDF
Smil, V. 2020. Cranes (the machines, not birds). IEEE Spectrum August 2020:18-19. PDF
Smil, V. 2020. The year is 118 A.A.C. (after air conditioning). IEEE Spectrum July 202O:18-19. PDF
Smil, V. 2020. Building the great pyramid. IEEE Spectrum June 202O:18-19. PDF
Smil, V. 2020. Peak oil: A retrospective. IEEE Spectrum May 2020:20-21. PDF
Smil, V.2020. COVID-19: Acknowledging that we don’ have all the answers is the only basis for effective action. The OECD Forum Network. Link
Smil, V. 2020. (Not) drinking wine. IEEE Spectrum April 2020:20-21. PDF
Smil, V. 2020. History and risk. Inference Special Reports: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. Link
Smil, V. 2020. Concrete facts. IEEE Spectrum March 2020:20-21. PDF
Smil, V. 2020. Electricity prices: A changing bargain. IEEE Spectrum February 2020:17-18. PDF
Smil, V. 2020. Why chicken rules. IEEE Spectrum January 2020:18-19. PDF
2019
Smil, V. 2019. Good eats. Inference: International Review of Science 5(1)
Smil, V. 2019. What we need to know about the pace of decarbonization. Substantia 3(2) Suppl.1:13-28. DOI: 10.13128/ Substantia-XXX PDF
Smil, V. 2019. Superefficient gas turbines. IEEE Spectrum December 2019:21. PDF
Smil, V. 2019. Wind turbines: how big?. IEEE Spectrum November 2019:20. PDF
Smil, V. 2019. Energy (r)evolutions take time. World Energy 44:10-14. PDF
Smil, V. 2019. The carbon century. IEEE Spectrum October 2019:21. PDF
Smil, V. 2019. Bricks and batts. IEEE Spectrum September 2019:20. PDF
Smil, V. 2019. Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, xxv+664 pp. Book.
Smil, V. 2019. Animals vs. artifacts: Which are more diverse? IEEE Spectrum August 2019:21. PDF
Smil, V. 2019. Learning from a revolution. Mega July 2019.
Smil, V. 2019. Data world: Racing toward yotta. IEEE Spectrum July 2019:20. PDF
Smil, V. 2019. Distributed generation and megacities. Power & Energy 17(2):37-41. PDF
Smil, V. 2019. June 1878: Muybridge’s galloping horse. IEEE Spectrum June 2019:21. PDF
Smil, V. 2019. Life-span and life expectancy. IEEE Spectrum May 2019:21. PDF
Smil, V. 2019. Luminous efficacy. IEEE Spectrum April 2019:22. PDF
Smil, V. 2019. Electric container ships are a hard sail. IEEE Spectrum March 2019:22. PDF
Smil, V. 2019. The vacuum tube’s power law. IEEE Spectrum February 2019:23. PDF
Smil, V. 2019. Energy intensity of passenger travel. IEEE Spectrum January 2019:19. PDF
2018
Smil, V. 2018. December 1888: Dunlop patents inflatable tire. IEEE Spectrum December 2018:23. PDF
Smil, V. 2018. November 1918: The First World War ends. IEEE Spectrum November 2018:25. PDF
Smil, V. 2018. October 1958: First Boeing 707 to Paris. IEEE Spectrum October 2018:23. PDF
Smil, V. 2018. September 1888: Kodak camera is patented. IEEE Spectrum September 2018:24. PDF
Smil, V. 2018. August 1908: The first Model T completed. IEEE Spectrum August 2018:19. PDF
Smil, V. 2018. July 1958: Kilby conceives the IC. IEEE Spectrum July 2018:22. PDF
Smil, V. 2018. It’ll be harder than we thought to get the carbon out. IEEE Spectrum June 2018:72-75. PDF
Smil, V. 2018. May 1888: Tesla files his patents for the electric motor. IEEE Spectrum May 2018:24. PDF
Smil, V. 2018. April 1838: Crossing the Atlantic. IEEE Spectrum April 2018:23. PDF
Smil, V. 2018. March 1958: The first PVs in orbit. IEEE Spectrum March 2018:26. PDF
Smil, V. 2018. February 1878: The first phonograph. IEEE Spectrum February 2018:24. PDF
Smil, V. 2018. January 1958: European Economic Community. IEEE Spectrum January 2018:22. PDF
2017
Smil, V. 2017. The dark side of growth. World Energy 10(37):10-13. Link
Smil, V. 2017. Oil: A Beginner’s Guide. London: Oneworld, xiii+210 pp. Book
Smil, V. 2017. Electric vehicles: Not so fast. IEEE Spectrum December 2017:24. PDF
Smil, V. 2017. India as No. 1? IEEE Spectrum November 2017:22. PDF
Smil, V. 2017. Electric vehicles: Not so fast. IEEE Spectrum December 2017:24. PDF
Smil, V. 2017. Sputnik at 60. IEEE Spectrum October 2017:20. PDF
Smil, V. 2017. Bluefin tuna: fast, but not fast enough. IEEE Spectrum September 2017:24. PDF
Smil, V. 2017. Transformers, the unsung technology. IEEE Spectrum August 2017:24. PDF
Smil, V. 2017. Vaccination: the best return on investment. IEEE Spectrum July 2017:24. PDF
Smil, V. 2017. Slow cycling. IEEE Spectrum June 2017:20. PDF
Smil, V. 2017. Energy and Civilization: A History. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, x+568 pp. Book
Smil, V. 2017. Unemployment: pick a number. IEEE Spectrum May 2017:24. PDF
Smil, V. 2017. Planet of the cows. IEEE Spectrum April 2017:24 PDF
Smil, V. 2017. Trump’s coal policy will likely do just what Obama’s did. Washington Post March 29, 2017. LINK
Smil, V. 2017 Thank Maxwell for cellphones. IEEE Spectrum March 2017:24 PDF
Smil, V. 2017. Energy: A Beginner’s Guide(2nd Edition). London: Oneworld Publications, xi+219 pp. Book
Smil, V. 2017. Diesel engine at 120. IEEE Spectrum February 2017:24. PDF
Smil, V. 2017. Grid electricity storage: size matters. IEEE Spectrum January 2017:23. PDF
Smil, V. 2017. Energy Transitions: Global and National Perspectives. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, xi + 282 pp. BOOK
2016
Smil, V. 2016. China as the new No. 1? Not quite. IEEE Spectrum December 2016:24 PDF
Smil, V. 2016. Examining energy transitions: A dozen insights based on performance. Energy Research & Social Science 22:194-197. PDF
Smil, V. 2016. Running, sweating, and persistence hunting. IEEE Spectrum November 2016:26. PDF
Smil, V. 2016. Nuclear electricity: A successful failure. IEEE Spectrum October 2016:24. PDF
Smil, V. 2016. Addio to the Mediterranean diet. IEEE Spectrum September 2016:24. PDF
Smil, V. 2016. Boeing at 100. IEEE Spectrum August 2016:24. PDF
Smil, V. 2016. Flying without kerosene. IEEE Spectrum July 2016:24. PDF
Smil, V. 2016. Heating houses: running out of combustion efficiency. IEEE Spectrum June 2016:22. PDF
Smil, V. 2016. Embodied energy: mobile devices and cars. IEEE Spectrum May2016:26. PDF
Smil, V. 2016. Manufacturing power. IEEE Spectrum April 2016:25. PDF
Smil, V. 2016. Still the Iron Age: Iron and Steel in the Modern World. Oxford: Elsevier, xi + 268 pp. BOOK
Smil, V. 2016. Low oil prices: Their economic, geopolitical & environmental impact. Japan Spotlight March/April 2016: 42-45. PDF
Smil, V. 2016. What I see when I see a wind turbine. IEEE Spectrum March 2016:27. PDF
Smil, V. 2016. Food waste. IEEE Spectrum February 2016:25. PDF
Smil, V. 2016. Harvesting the biosphere. The World Financial Review January-February 2016: 46-49. PDF
Smil, V. 2016. Deaths of Elephants. IEEE Spectrum January 2016:26. PDF
2015
Smil, V. 2015. Proof of facts. OIL 8(30):35-37. PDF
Smil, V. 2015. Netting the Web. IEEE Spectrum December 2015:24. PDF
Smil, V. 2015. Energy transitions, renewables and rational energy use: A reality check. OECD Observer November 2015:36-37. PDF
Smil, V. 2015. American exceptionalism. IEEE Spectrum November 2015:24. PDF
Smil, V. 2015. The real price of oil. IEEE Spectrum October 2015:26 PDF
Smil, V. 2015. Natural Gas: Fuel for the 21st Century. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, xi+251 pp. BOOK
Smil, V. 2015. “New Japan” at 70. IEEE Spectrum September 2015:28 PDF
Smil, V. 2015. When innovation fails. IEEE Spectrum August 2015:28 PDF
Smil, V. 2015. The miraculous 1880s. IEEE Spectrum July 2015:26. PDF
Smil, V. 2015. It’s too soon to call this the Anthropocene. IEEE Spectrum June 2015:28. PDF
Smil, V. 2015. Revolution? More like a crawl. POLITICO June 2015. LINK
Smil,V. 2015. Keep on flying. IEE Spectrum May 2015:28. PDF
Smil,V. 2015. Moore’s curse. IEEE Spectrum April 2015:26. PDF
Smil, V. 2015. Power Density: A Key to Understanding Energy Sources and Uses. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA 304 pp. BOOK
Smil, V. 2015. Low oil prices: Who are the losers? The American, March 11, 2015 LINK
Smil,V. 2015. The visionary energy solution: Triple windows. IEEE Spectrum March 2015:28 PDF
Smil, V. 2015. It’s too soon to judge shale gas. IEEE Spectrum February 2015:28 PDF
Smil,V. 2015. Cars weigh too much. IEEE Spectrum January 2015:24. LINK
2014
Smil, V. 2014. Are low oil prices good or bad? The American December 22, 2014. PDF
Smil, V. 2014. Fifty years of the Shinkansen. The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus December 1, 2014. PDF
Smil, V. 2014. Start a rail renaissance. Literary Review of Canada Special Supplement: Vital Ideas for Canada November 2014:6-7. PDF
Smil, V. 2014. Do the locomotive. The American, October 4, 2014. PDF
Smil, V. 2014. How green is Europe? The American September 30, 2014. PDF
Smil, V. 2014. Why America is Not a New Rome. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 240 pp. Book (Paperback edition of the book published in 2010) Book
Smil, V. 2014. The Natural Gas Boom: Questions and Complications. The American June 15, 2014. PDF
Smil, V. 2014. Essen für zehn Milliarden. GDI Impuls 2014(2):104-106. PDF
Smil, V. 2014. Hoping for China’s success. The American March 28, 2014. PDF
Smil, V. 2014. Germany’s energy goals backfire. The American February 14, 2014. PDF
Smil, V. 2014. The long slow rise of solar and wind. Scientific American 282 (1):52-57. PDF
Smil, V. 2014. Energy in 2013: Changes and constants. Global Energy Affairs January 2014:2-3. PDF
2013
Smil, V. 2013. Eating Meat: Constants and Changes. Global Food Security 3:67-71 PDF
Smil, V. 2013. Fakta a Mýty o Energetice. MSDK, 186 pp. (Czech translation of Energy Myths and Realities).
Smil, V. 2013. Reducing the carbon and sulfur load of the atmosphere. GAIA 22(4): 255 – 262. PDF
Smil, V. 2013. Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, xi+229 pp. Book
Smil, V. 2013. Made in the USA: The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 263 pp. Book
Smil, V. 2013. Should We Eat Meat? Evolution and Consequences of Modern Carnivory. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, xvi+260 pp. Book
Smil, V. 2013. Memories of peak oil. The American February 21, 2013. PDF
Smil, V. 2013. The last eighty years: Continuities and change. Population and Development Review (Supplement) 38: 265–279. PDF
Smil, V. 2013 Just How Polluted is China Anyway? The American January 31, 2013. PDF
Smil, V. 2013. Energy transitions. In: Energy Vision 2013 Energy Transitions: Past and Future, Cologny/Geneva: World Economic Forum, p. 10. PDF
Smil, V. 2013. Harvesting the Biosphere: How Much We Have Taken from Nature. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 312 pp. Book
2012
Smil, V. 2012. Jeremy Grantham, starving for facts. The American December 5, 2012. PDF
Smil, V. 2012. Far from electrifying. The American November 26, 2012. PDF
Smil, V. 2012. Энергетика: Mифы и реалъность. Moskva: AST-Press, 271 pp. (Russian translation of Energy Myths and Realities).
Smil, V. 2012. A son of Europe reflects on the EU’s Nobel Prize. The American October 15, 2012. PDF
Smil, V. and K. Kobayashi, 2012. Japan’s Dietary Transition and Its Impacts. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, xii + 229 pp. Book
Smil, V. 2012. Cinco cosas que no debemos hacer con la energía. In: Energía, sostenibilidad y Estado del bienestar. Capitulo Español del Club de Roma, Valencia, pp.23-29. PDF
Smil,V. 2012. A skeptic looks at alternative energy. IEEE Spectrum July 2012:46-52.
Smil, V. 2012. Japan’s economy in 2012: Multiple challenges. Japan Focus June 11, 2012. PDF
Smil, V. 2012. エネルギーの不都合な真実 (Enerugi – no futsugō na shinjitsu). Tōkyō: X-Knowledge, 274+36 pp. (Japanese translation of Energy Myths and Realities by Tachiki Masaru).
Smil, V. 2012. Anticipating the world’s most expensive natural disaster. The American May 29, 2012. PDF
Smil, V. 2012. Placing American gas boom in perspective. The American May 3, 2012.PDF
Smil, V. 2012. Глобальные катастрофы и тренды (Global’nye katastrofy i trendy). Moskva: AST-Press, 363 pp. (Russian translation of Catastrophes and Trends by S.V. Zubkov).
Smil, V. 2012. Nice oil imports you’ve got there. Shame if you lost them. Foreign Policy February 29, 2012. External Site
2011
Smil, V. 2011. Harvesting the biosphere: The human impact. Population and Development Review 37(4) : 613–636 PDF
Smil, V. 2011. Obama’s indefensible pipeline punt. The American November 15, 2011. PDF
Smil, V. 2011. The myth of the innovator hero. The Atlantic November 15, 2011. PDF
Smil, V. 2011. Hummer in every driveway. Foreign Policy November 2011. PDF
Smil, V. 2011. Vers un monde postcarbone ? Les Cahiers de l’IAU 158: 205-207. PDF
Smil, V. 2011. Why Jobs is no Edison. The American, September 30, 2011 PDF
Smil, V. 2011. Una lezione sulla densità di potenza. IBL Ocassional Paper 83. Torino: Istituto Bruno Leoni. PDF
Smil, V. 2011. Burning desires. Nature 477:403. PDF
Smil, V. 2011. Energia, l’età dell’incerteza. Wired September 9, 2011:129. PDF
Smil, V. 2011, The manufacturing of decline. Breakthrough Journal 1:17-24.PDF
Smil, V. 2011, Japan’s crisis: context and outlook. The American April 16, 2011. PDF
Smil, V. 2011. Global energy: The latest infatuations. American Scientist 99:212-219. PDF
Smil, V. 2011. Nitrogen cycle and world food production. World Agriculture 2:9-1.PDF
Smil, V. 2011. America’s oil imports: A self-inflicted burden. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 101:1-4. PDF
2010
Smil, V. 2010. Ciclo dell’ acqua. In Ecosphera Volume 5, Dizionario A-L, N. Eldredge and T. Pievani, eds., Torino, UTET, pp. 3-4. PDF
Smil, V. 2010. Ciclo dell’ azoto. In Ecosphera Volume 5, Dizionario A-L, N. Eldredge and T. Pievani, eds., Torino, UTET, pp. 31-34. PDF
Smil, V. 2010. Storia delle fonti energetiche. In Ecosphera Volume 5, Dizionario A-L N. Eldredge and T. Pievani, eds., Torino, UTET, pp. 232-233. PDF
Smil, V. 2010.Man schürt falsche Erwartungen. Handelszeitung 51/52:3. PDF
Smil, V. 2010. Arguments against the claim that computing has been the most significant innovation of the 20th Century, In The Economist: Opening Remarks (pdf) | Rebuttal Statements (pdf) | Closing Statements (pdf).
Smil, V. 2010. Science, energy, ethics, and civilization. In: Visions of Discovery: New Light on Physics, Cosmology, and Consciousness, R.Y. Chiao et al. eds., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 709-729. PDF
Smil, V. 2010. Prime Movers of Globalization: The History and Impact of Diesel Engines and Gas Turbines. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, vii + 264 pp. Book
Smil, V. 2010. Energy Myths and Realities: Bringing Science to the Energy Policy Debate. American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC, xiv + 213 pp. Book
Smil, V. 2010. Energy Transitions: History, Requirements, Prospects. Praeger, Santa Barbara, CA, ix + 178 pp. Book
Smil, V. 2010. Power Density Primer, Parts I-V, Master Resource, PDF
Smil, V. 2010. Why America is Not a New Rome. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, xii + 226 pp. Book
Smil, V. 2010. Energy Innovation as a Process: Lessons from LNG. Master Resource: A Free-Market Energy Blog. January 11, 20010. PDF
2009
Smil,V. 2009. Two decades later: Nikkei and lessons from the fall. The American, December 29, 2009. PDF
Smil, V. 2009. The Iron Age & coal-based coke: A neglected case of fossil-fuel dependence. Master Resource: A Free-Market Energy Blog. September 17, 2009. PDF
Smil, V. 2009. Energia válaszút elött. Kovász 13:13-32. PDF
Smil, V. 2009. Finding mutual interests in nature. Far Eastern Economic Review, October 2009: 44-47. PDF
Smil, V. 2009. The harsh realities of energy. Seed, April 7, 2009. PDF
Smil, V. 2009. U.S. energy policy: The need for radical departures. Issues in Science and Technology Summer 2009:47-50. PDF
Smil, V. 2009. Le charbon reste d’actualité malgré sa nocivité. L’Atlas du Monde diplomatique. Paris: le Monde, pp. 92-93. PDF
2008
Smil, V. 2008. Global Catastrophes and Trends: The Next Fifty Years. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, xi + 307 pp. Book
Smil, V. 2008. Long-range energy forecasts are no more than fairy tales. Nature 453:154. PDF
Smil, V. 2008. Moore’s curse and the great energy delusion. The American 2(6): 34-41. PDF
Smil, V. 2008. Water news: bad, good and virtual. American Scientist 96:399-407. PDF
Smil, V. 2008. A reality check on the Pickens Energy Plan. Yale Environment 360, August 25, 2008. PDF
Smil, V. 2008. On meat, fish and statistics: The global food regime and animal consumption in the United States and Japan. Japan Focus, October 19, 2008. PDF
Smil, V. 2008. Meno consumi e meno sprechi. National Geographic Italia, September 2008. PDF
Smil, V. 2008. Energy at the Crossroads Global Perspectives and Uncertainties. (Eunnyeong Heo, Tai-Yoo Kim, & Soogab Lee, Trans.) Changbi Publishers, Seoul, 543 pp. (Korean translation of Energy at the Crossroads)
Smil, V. 2008. Oil: A Beginner’s Guide. Oneworld Publishers, Oxford, xiii + 202 pp. Book
Smil, V. 2008. Energy in Nature and Society: General Energetics of Complex Systems. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, xi + 480 pp. Book
2007
Smil, V. 2007. Poor visibility on China’s air pollution. Far Eastern Economic Review, December 2007: 35-39. PDF
James N. Galloway, Marshall Burke, G. Eric Bradford, Rosamond Naylor, Walter Falcon, Ashok K. Chapagain, Joanne C. Gaskell, Ellen McCullough, Harold A. Mooney, Kirsten L. L. Oleson, Henning Steinfeld, Tom Wassenaar and Vaclav Smil. 2007. International trade in meat: The tip of the pork chop. Ambio 36:622-629. PDF
Smil, V. 2007. The two prime movers of globalization: history and impact of diesel engines and gas turbines. Journal of Global History 3:373-394. PDF
Smil, V. 2007. Technical advances. In: Rider, C., ed., Encyclopedia of the Age of the Industrial Revolution, 1700-1920, Vol. 2, pp. 420-432.
Smil, V. 2007. Steam turbine. In: Rider, C., ed., Encyclopedia of the Age of the Industrial Revolution, 1700-1920, Vol. 2, pp.403-405.
Smil, V. 2007. Hertz, Heinrich (1847-1894). In: Rider, C., ed., Encyclopedia of the Age of the Industrial Revolution, 1700-1920, Vol. 1, pp. 197-198.
Smil, V. 2007. Global material cycles. Encyclopedia of Earth, June 2, 2007. PDF
Smil, V. 2007. The unprecedented shift in Japan’s population: Numbers, age, and prospects. Japan Focus, May 1, 2007. PDF
Smil, V. 2007. Light behind the fall: Japan’s electricity consumption, the environment, and economic growth. Japan Focus, April 2, 2007. PDF
Smil, V. 2007. Peak performance. Tech Central Station, February 23, 2007. PDF
2006
Smil, V. 2006. Energy: A Beginner’s Guide.Oneworld Publishers, Oxford, x + 181 pp. Book
Smil,V. 2006. Transforming the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations and Their Consequences. Oxford University Press, New York, x + 358 pp. Book
Smil, V. 2006. Energy. In: W.H. McNeill, ed., Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History, Vol. 2., pp. 646- 654. PDF
Smil, V. 2006. 21st century energy: Some sobering thoughts. OECD Observer 258/59:22-23. PDF
Smil, V. 2006. The Bookshelf talks with Vaclav Smil. American Scientist Online, October 2006. PDF
Smil, V. 2006. Energy at the crossroads. Paper presented at OECD Global Science Forum, 17-18 May 2006, Paris. PDF
Smil, V. 2006. Japan and China: The next fifty years. Japan Focus, Summer 2006 PDF
Smil, V. 2006. Peak oil: A catastrophist cult and complex realities. World Watch 19: 22-24. PDF
2005
Smil, V. 2005. Nitrogen in modern European agriculture. In: Scholliers, P., L. Van Molle and C. Sarasua, eds. Land, Shops and Kitchens: Technology and the Food Chain in Twentieth-century Europe. Brepols Publishers, Turnhout, pp. 110-119. PDF
Naylor, R., Steinfeld, H., Falcon, W., Galloway, J., Smil, V., Bradford, E., Alder, J., Mooney, H. Losing the links between livestock and land. Science 310:1621-1622 PDF
Smil, V. 2005. China’s Thirsty Future. Far Eastern Economic Review, December 2005. PDF
Smil, V. 2005. Peak Curiosity. Tech Central Station, December 3, 2005. PDF
Smil, V. 2005. The next 50 years: Unfolding trends. Population and Development Review 31: 605-643. PDF
Smil, V. 2005. A different perspective on security: America’s infrastructural failures. Tech Central Station, October 26, 2005 PDF
Smil, V. 2005. Bad bets. Tech Central Station, September 6, 2005. PDF
Smil,V. 2005. Creating the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations of 1867-1914 and Their Lasting Impact. Oxford University Press, New York, xv + 350 pp. Book
Smil, V. 2005. Feeding the world: How much more rice do we need? In: Toriyama K., Heong K.L., Hardy B., eds. Rice is life: scientific perspectives for the 21st century. Proceedings of the World Rice Research Conference held in Tokyo and Tsukuba, Japan, 4-7 November 2004. Los Baños (Philippines): International Rice Research Institute, pp. 21-23. PDF
Smil, V. 2005. The next 50 Years: Fatal discontinuities. Population and Development Review 31: 201-236. PDF
Smil, V. 2005. Limits to Growth revisited: A review essay. Population and Development Review 31: 157-164. PDF
2004
Smil, V. 2004. Tired of record high oil prices? They’re anything but! Tech Central Station, October 20, 2004. PDF
Smil, V. 2004. Omedeto gozaimasu! (Congratulations!). Tech Central Station, October 1, 2004. PDF
Smil, V. 2004. No alternative to reality. Tech Central Station, June 30, 2003. PDF
Smil, V. 2004. China’s Past, China’s Future. RoutledgeCurzon, New York and London, xvi + 232 pp. Book
Smil, V. 2004. Garrett James Hardin. American Scientist 92:8-10. PDF
Smil, V. 2004. Improving efficiency and reducing waste in our food system. Environmental Sciences 1:17-26.
Smil, V. 2004. Conversion of energy: people and animals. In: Encyclopedia of Energy, C. Cleveland ed., Vol. 1. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 697-705.
Smil, V. 2004. Global material cycles and energy. In: Encyclopedia of Energy, Vol. 3, C. Cleveland, ed., Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 23-32.
Smil, V. 2004. Land requirements of energy systems. In: Encyclopedia of Energy, C. Cleveland, ed., Vol. 3, Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 613-622.
Smil, V. 2004. War and energy In: Encyclopedia of Energy, C. Cleveland, ed., Vol. 6, Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 363-371. PDF
Smil, V. 2004. World history and energy. In: Encyclopedia of Energy, C. Cleveland, ed., Vol. 6, Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 549-561. PDF
Smil, V. Coal. In: Encyclopedia of the World Environmental History, S. Krech III, J.R. McNeill and C. Merchant, eds., Vol. 1, Routledge, New York, pp. 239-240.
Smil, V. Dung. In: Encyclopedia of the World Environmental History, S. Krech III, J.R. McNeill and C. Merchant, eds., Vol. 1, Routledge, New York, pp. 351-352.
Smil, V. Geothermal energy. In: Encyclopedia of the World Environmental History, S. Krech III, J.R. McNeill and C. Merchant, eds., Vol. 1, Routledge, New York, pp. 582-582.
Smil, V. Haber, Fritz. In: Encyclopedia of the World Environmental History, S. Krech III, J.R. McNeill and C. Merchant, eds., Vol. 2, Routledge, New York, pp. 631-632.
Smil, V. Natural gas. In: Encyclopedia of the World Environmental History, S. Krech III, J.R. McNeill and C. Merchant, eds., Vol. 2, Routledge, New York, pp. 872-874.
Smil, V. Oil. In: Encyclopedia of the World Environmental History, S. Krech III, J.R. McNeill and C. Merchant, eds., Vol. 3, Routledge, New York, pp. 962-963.
Smil, V. Solar energy. In: Encyclopedia of the World Environmental History, S. Krech III, J.R. McNeill and C. Merchant, eds., Vol. 3, Routledge, New York, pp. 1138-1140.
Smil, V. Water energy. In: Encyclopedia of the World Environmental History, S. Krech III, J.R. McNeill and C. Merchant, eds., Vol. 3, Routledge, New York, pp. 1303-1305.
Smil, V. Wind energy. In: Encyclopedia of the World Environmental History, S. Krech III, J.R. McNeill and C. Merchant, eds., Vol. 3, Routledge, New York, pp. 1337-1339.
2003
Smil, V. 2003. Sekai o yashinau Kankyo to ryoritsushita nogyo to kenkouna shokuji o motomete. FAPRC, Tokyo, xxxiv + 389 pp. (Japanese translation of Feeding the World A Challenge for the 21st Century). Book
Smil, V. 2003. Alimentar al mundo Un reto del siglo XXI. Siglo Vientiuno, Madrid, xxi + 411 pp. (Spanish translation of Feeding the World A Challenge for the 21st Century) Book
Smil, V. 2003. Dietary regimes. In: Paul Demeny and Geoffrey McNicoll, eds., Population Encyclopedia, Macmillan Reference, New York, pp. 234-237.
Smil, V. 2003. Natural resources and population. In: Paul Demeny and Geoffrey McNicoll, eds., Population Encyclopedia, Macmillan Reference, New York, pp. 689-692.
Smil, V. 2003. Nitrogen cycle. In: Paul Demeny and Geoffrey McNicoll, eds., Population Encyclopedia, Macmillan Reference, New York, pp. 692-693.
Smil, V. 2003. No alternative to reality. Tech Central Station, June 30 2003:1-4.
Smil, V. 2003. Beyond the blackout. Tech Central Station, August 18 2003:1-3. PDF
Smil, V. 2003. Feeding China: from wanting to wasting. Current History 102(665):270-273
Smil, V. 2003. Energy at the Crossroads Global Perspectives and Uncertainties. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, xiv + 427 pp. Book
Smil, V. 2003. Nitrogen in Agriculture. In: Advances in Energy Studies: Reconsidering the Importance of Energy, S. Ulgiati, ed., SGE, Padova, pp. 245-250.
Smil, V. 2003. Agricultural revolution: Asia, Africa, and the Americas. In: Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History, Joel Mokyr, ed., Oxford University Press, New York, vol. 1, pp. 46-49.
Smil, V. 2003. Fossil fuels. In: Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History, Joel Mokyr, ed., Oxford University Press, New York, vol. 2, pp. 356-360.
Smil, V. 2003. Bioenergetica. In: Storia della scienza, S. Petruccioli, ed., Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Roma, vol. IX, pp.225-232.
2002
Smil, V. 2002. A more energetic Japan. Asian Wall Street Journal, May 1, 2002, p. A9.
Smil, V. 2002. The Earth’s Biosphere Evolution, Dynamics and Change. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, viii + 346 pp. Book
Smil, V. 2002. The future: perfect or posthuman? Natural History 111(7):82-83.
Smil, V. 2002. The temperature of everything. Nature 418:919-920.
Smil, V. 2002. Biofixation and nitrogen in the biosphere and in global food production. In: Finan, T.M. et al., eds. Nitrogen Fixation: Global Perspectives (Proceedings of the 13th International Congress in Nitrogen Fixation), CAB International, Wallingford, UK, pp. 7-10. PDF
Smil, V. 2002. Food production. In: The Nutrition Transition: Diet and Disease in Modern World, B. Caballero and B. Popkin, eds. Elsevier Science, London, pp. 25-50.
Smil, V. 2002. Phosphorus: Global transfers. In: Causes and Consequences of Global Environmental Change I. Douglas, ed., Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change, Vol. 3, John Wiley, Chichester, pp. 536-542. PDF
Smil, V. 2002. Nitrogen and food production: Proteins for human diets. Ambio 31:126-131. PDF
Smil, V. 2002. Acid rain. In: International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics, J. Barry and E.G. Frankland, eds., Routledge, London, pp. 1-2.
Smil, V. 2002. Air pollution. In: International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics, J. Barry and E.G. Frankland, eds., Routledge, London, pp. 10-11.
Smil, V. 2002. China. In: International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics, J. Barry and E.G. Frankland, eds., Routledge, London, pp. 80-85.
Smil, V. 2002. Three Gorges Project. In: International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics, J. Barry and E.G. Frankland, eds., Routledge, London, pp. 449-451.
Smil, V. 2002. Population and environmental services. In: Population and Environment, W. Lutz, A. Prskawetz and W.C. Sanderson, eds., A Supplement to Vol. 28 Population and Development Review, pp. 187-198.
Smil, V. 2002. Energy resources and uses: a global primer for the twenty-first century. Current History 101(653):126-132. PDF
Smil, V. 2002. Worldwide transformation of diets, burdens of meat production and opportunities for novel food proteins. Enzyme and Microbial Technology 30:305-311. PDF
Smil, V. 2002. Biofixation and nitrogen in the biosphere and in global food production. In: Finan, T.M. et al., eds. Nitrogen Fixation: Global Perspectives (Proceedings of the 13th International Congress in Nitrogen Fixation), CAB International, Wallingford, UK, pp. 7-10.
Smil, V. 2002. Eating meat: evolution, patterns, and consequences. Population and Development Review 28:599-639. PDF
2001
Smil, V. 2001. Genius loci. Nature 409:21. PDF
Smil, V. 2001. Enriching the Earth: Fritz Haber, Carl Bosch and the Transformation of World Food Production. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, xvii + 338 pp. Book
Smil, V. 2001. Geography of energy use. In: J. Zumerchik, ed., Macmillan Encyclopedia of Energy Vol. 2, Macmillan Reference USA, New York, pp. 567-572
Smil, V. 2001. Historical perspectives and social consequences. In: J. Zumerchik, ed., Macmillan Encyclopedia of Energy Vol. 2, Macmillan Reference USA, New York, pp. 621-630.
Smil, V. 2001. Genius loci. Fizikai szemle 2001(1):38.
Smil, V. 2001. What we do best. Natural History 110(3):96. PDF
Smil, V. 2001. Enriching the Earth –- or what is better than composting. In: Environmental Health: Where Does Composting Fit? Proceedings of the 7th Annual Composting Conference,Composting Technology Center, Olds, AB, pp. 1-4.
Smil, V. 2001. Energy strategies for the 21st century: perils and opportunities. In: Advances in Energy Studies, S. Ulgiati et al., eds., SGE, Padova, pp. 3799-384.
Smil, V. 2001. China’s burn rate. Asiaweek 27(27):21.
Smil, V. 2001. It doesn’t add up. Asiaweek 27(46):24.
Smil, V. 2001. Global biogeochemical cycles. In: Handbook of Industrial Ecology, R.U. Ayres and L.W. Ayres, eds. Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, pp. 249-259.
Smil, V. 2001. Energias Una Guia Ilustrada de la Bioesfera y la Civilizacion. Editorial Crítica, Barcelona, 408 pp (Spanish translation of Energies). Book
Smil, V. 2001. Feeding the World A Challenge for the 21st Century. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, xxviii + 360 pp (paperback edition). Book
Smil, V. 2001. Air pollution. In: International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Science, N.J. Smelser and P.B.Baltes, eds., Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, Vol. 1, pp. 355-359.
2000
Smil, V. 2000. Feeding the World: A Challenge for the 21st Century. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, xxviii + 360 pp. Book
Smil, V. 2000. Laying down the law. Nature 403:597. PDF
Smil, V. 2000. China’s energy and resource uses: continuity and change. In: R.L. Edmonds, ed. Managing the Chinese Environment, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 211-227.
Smil, V. 2000. Rocky Mountain visions: a review essay. Population and Development Review26:163-176. PDF
Smil, V. 2000. Development and destruction: the dimensions of China’s environmental challenge. In: T. Weston and L. Jensen, eds. China Beyond the Headlines, Rowman & Littlefield, pp. 195-215.
Smil, V. 2000. China’s environment: resilient myths and contradictory realities. In: K.K. Gaul and J. Hiltz, eds. Landscapes and Communities on the Pacific Rim, M.E. Sharpe, Armonk, NY, pp. 167-181.
Smil, V. 2000. Jumbo. Nature 406:239. PDF
Smil, V. 2000. Horse power. Nature 405:125. PDF
Smil, V. 2000. Water, water everywhere… Asian Wall Street Journal, August 22, 2000, p. 12.
Smil, V. 2000. Good fortune for inorganic fertilizers. Farm Chemicals International 14(3):60-61.
Smil, V. 2000. Why China should take care of its environment. In: Proceedings of Symposium on 21st Century China and the Challenge of Sustainable Development, WRAS, Washington DC, pp. 5-8.
Smil, V. 2000. Long-range perspectives on inorganic fertilizers in global agriculture. In: Breaking the Cycle of Poverty and Hunger, International Fertilizer Development Center, Muscle Shoals, AB, pp. 13-20.
Smil, V. 2000. Magic beans. Nature 407:567. PDF
Smil, V. 2000. Cycles of Life Civilization and the Biosphere. Scientific American Library, New York, x + 221 pp (revised paperback edition). Book
Smil, V. 2000. Perils of long-range energy forecasting: reflections of looking far ahead. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 65:251-264. PDF
Smil, V. 2000. Energy in the 20th century: resources, conversions, costs, uses, and consequences. Annual Review of Energy and the Environment 25:21-51. PDF
Smil, V. 2000. Phosphorus in the environment: natural flows and human interferences. Annual Review of Energy and Environment 25:53-88. PDF
Smil, V. 2000. The energy question, again. Current History 99:408-412.
Smil, V. 2000. Storia dell’energia. Società editrice il Mulino, Bologna, 420 pp. (Italian translation of Energy in World History)
Smil, V. 2000. Vaulting space. Nature 408:910.
Smil, V. 2000. All human life is here. Nature 407:643-644.
1999
Smil, V. 1999. Crop residues: agriculture’s largest harvest. BioScience 49:299-308. PDF
Smil, V. 1999. China’s megaprojects for the new millennium. Asian Wall Street Journal, April 22, 1999, p. 8.
Smil, V. 1999. China’s agricultural land. The China Quarterly 158:414-429. PDF
Smil, V. 1999. Nitrogen in crop production: An account of global flows. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 13:647-662. PDF
Smil, V. 1999. Detonator of the population explosion. Nature 400:415. PDF
Smil, V. 1999. Impacts of energy use on global biospheric cycles. In: S.J. Hassol and J. Katzenberger, eds. Elements of Change 1998. Aspen Global Change Institute, Aspen, CO, pp.153-156.
Smil, V. 1999. China’s unstable past and future. Asian Wall Street Journal, September 30, 1999, p. 8.
Smil, V. 1999. How many billions to go? Nature 401:429. PDF
Smil, V. 1999. Long-range Perspectives on Inorganic Fertilizers in Global Agriculture. Travis P. Hignett Memorial Lecture, International Fertilizer Development Center, Muscle Shoals, AB, 36 pp PDF
Smil, V. 1999. China’s great famine: 40 years later. British Medical Journal 7225:1619-1621. PDF
Smil, V. 1999. Elementaire kringlopen: Wisselwerking tussen biosfeer en beschaving. Natuur & Techniek, Beek, 216 pp. (Dutch translation of Cycles of Life)
1998
Smil, V. 1998. China’s environmental security: non-catastrophic perspectives. In: B.R. Allenby et al., eds., Environmental Threats and National Security, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, pp. 208-220.
Smil, V. 1998. Im Tal des Jangtse schlägt die Natur zurück. Weltwoche 32(August 6):1-2.
Smil, V. 1998. Nature’s services, human follies. Population and Development Review 24:613-623.
Smil, V. 1998. Food, energy, and the environment: implications for Asia’s rice agriculture. In: N.G. Dowling, S.M. Greenfield and K.S. Fischer, eds., Sustainability of Rice in the Global Food System, International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Philippines, pp. 321-331.
Smil, V. 1998. Global population: milestones, hopes, and concerns. Medicine & Global Survival 5:105-108. PDF
Smil, V. 1998. Future of oil: Trends and surprises. OPEC Review22:253-276.
Smil, V. 1998. China’s energy and resource uses: continuity and change. The China Quarterly 156:935-951.
Smil, V. 1998. Energies An Illustrated Guide to the Biosphere and Civilization. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, xi + 217 pp. Book
1997
Smil, V. 1997. Cycles of Life Civilization and the Biosphere. Scientific American Library, New York, x + 221 pp.
Smil, V. 1997. China’s environment and security: simple myths and complex realities. SAIS Review 17:107-126.
Smil, V. 1997. Some unorthodox perspectives on agricultural biodiversity: the case of legume cultivation. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 62:135-144. PDF
Smil, V. 1997. Global population and nitrogen cycle. Scientific American 277(1):76-81.PDF
Smil, V. 1997. China shoulders the cost of environmental change. Environment 39(6):6-9, 33-37.
Smil, V. 1997. China’s environment and natural resources. In: C. Hudson, ed. China Handbook, Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago, pp. 188-197.
1996
Smil, V. 1996. Is there enough Chinese food? New York Review of Books 43(2):32-34.
Smil, V. 1996. Book of numbers. Nature379:593-594.
Smil, V. 1996. Energy and the Environment Challenges for the Pacific Rim. Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, Vancouver, BC, 20 pp.
Smil, V. 1996. Barriers to a sustainable China. In: D.C. Pirages, ed. Building Sustainable Societies, M.E. Sharpe, Armonk, NY, pp. 175-187.
Smil, V. 1996. Environmental Problems in China: Estimates of Economic Costs. East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, 62 pp.
Smil, V. 1996. Factors influencing China’s impact on a climate change regime. In: S.J. Rassol and J. Katzenberger, eds., Elements of Change 1995, The Aspen Global Change Institute, Aspen, CO, pp. 174-176.
Smil, V. 1996. Environmental issues and the food supply situation in China. In: S.J. Rassol and J. Katzenberger, eds., Elements of Change 1995, The Aspen Global Change Institute, Aspen, CO, pp. 247-248.
Smil, V. 1996. Umweltsünden der Kulturrevolutionäre. Tages Anzeiger 104(189):2, 16 August 1996.
Smil, V. 1996. The Developing Countries: The China Example. In: S. Rampal and S.W. Sinding, eds., Population Growth and Environmental Issues, Praeger, New York, pp. 23-30.
Smil, V. 1996. Energetica Generale: L’energia nella biosfera e nella civiltà. Edagricole, Bologna, xi + 397 pp. (Italian translation of General Energetics)
Smil, V. 1996. Chugoku no kankyo kiki. Aki shobo, Tokyo, x + 270 pp. (Japanese translation of China’s Environmental Crisis)
Smil, V. 1996. Who Will Feed China? Fourth Annual Hopper Lecture, October 22, 1996. Center for International Programs, University of Guelph, ON, 18 pp.
Smil, V. 1996. China’s Environmental Refugees: Causes, Dimensions and Risks of an Emerging Problem. In: G. Bächler and K.R. Spillmann, eds., Kriegsursäche Umweltzerstörung, Verlag Ruegger, Zürich, pp. 127-148.
Smil, V. 1996. Mushiba mareta daichi chugoku no kankyo mondai. Korosha, Kyoto, xix + 289 pp. (Japanese translation of Bad Earth)
1995
Smil, V. 1995. China’s consumption frenzy cannot last. People & the Planet 4(1):14-16.
Smil, V. 1995. L’environnement et la politique internationale. Etudes internationales26(2):361-371.
Smil, V. 1995. China’s economy. In: Colliers Encyclopedia, Collier’s, New York, pp. 293-302.
Smil, V. 1995. Energy, economy and the environment in industrializing countries. In: World Energy to the Year 2020, The Rene Dubos Center for Human Environments, New York, pp. 52-54.
Smil, V. 1995. Feeding China. Current History 94(593):280- 284.
Smil, V. 1995. Who will feed China? The China Quarterly 143:801-813.
Smil, V. 1995. China’s Environmental Refugees: Causes, Dimensions and Risks of an Emerging Problem. In: Environmental Crisis: Regional Conflicts and Ways of Cooperation, K.R. Spillmann and G. Bächler, eds., Swiss Peace Foundation, Bern, pp. 75-91.
1994
Smil, V. 1994. Der grosse Sprung in die Städte. Der Überblick 30(1):26-29.
Smil, V. 1994. Asia’s stumbling giant. The Independent, May 1994:66-69.
Smil, V. 1994. A land stretching to support its people. International Herald Tribune, May 30, p. 8.
Smil, V. 1994. Energy intensities: revealing or misleading? OPEC Review 18(1):1-23.
Smil, V. 1994. How many people can the Earth feed? Population and Development Review 20:255-292. PDF
Smil, V. 1994. The world’s forgotten wars. The Independent, July 1994:70-71.
Smil, V. 1994.The human dimensions of sustainable development: a global view. In: Energy, the Environment, and Global Economic Growth, W. Keens, ed., The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, pp. 84-87.
Smil, V. 1994. Oil – the thirsty years. The Independent, August 1994:66-67.
Smil, V. 1994. Gelber Fluss verschwindet. Profil 25(35):56-57.
Smil, V. 1994. Why many big projects are mixed blessings. International Herald Tribune, September 21, pp. 17A-17B.
Smil, V. 1994. Energy in World History. Westview Press, Boulder, CO, xviii + 300 p. Book
Smil, V. 1994. Raubzug auf letzte Ressourcen. Neue Zürcher Zeitung Folio 11:24-28.
Smil, V. 1994. China’s greenhouse gas emissions. Global Environmental Change 4:279-286.
Smil, V. 1994. Some contrarian notes on environmental threats to national security. Canadian Foreign Policy 2(2):85-87.
1993
Smil, V. 1993. Afforestation in China. In: A. Mather, ed., Afforestation Policies, Planning and Progress, Belhaven Press, London, pp. 105-117 .
Smil, V. 1993. China’s Environmental Crisis An Inquiry into the Limits of National Development. M.E. Sharpe, Armonk, NY, xix + 257 pp. Book
Smil, V. 1993. How rich is China? Current History 92(575):265-269. PDF
Smil, V. 1993. Global Ecology Environmental Change and Social Flexibility. Routledge, London, xiii + 240 pp. Book
1992
Smil, V. 1992. Agricultural energy costs: National analyses. In: R.C. Fluck, ed., Energy in Farm Production, Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 85-100.
Smil, V. 1992. Potential Environmental Conflicts Involving Countries of the North Pacific. North Pacific Cooperative Security Dialogue, York University, Toronto, ON, 18 pp.
Smil, V. 1992. Elusive links: energy, value, economic growth and quality of life. OPEC Review 16(1):1-21.
Smil, V. 1992. Living beyond our means. The Independent 3(7):37-38.
Smil, V. 1992. China’s emissions of greenhouse gases: status and prospects. In: T.W. Robinson, ed., The Foreign Relations of China’s Environmental Policy. The American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC, pp. 65-72.
Smil, V. 1992. China’s environment in the 1980s: some critical changes. Ambio21:431-436.
Smil, V. 1992. Environmental Change as a Source of Conflict and Economic Losses in China. Occasional paper series of the project on Environmental Change and Acute Conflict 2:5-39, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, MA.
Smil, V. 1992. How efficient is Japan’s energy use? Current Politics and Economics of Japan 2(3/4):315-327.
1991
Smil, V. 1991. General Energetics Energy in the Biosphere and Civilization. John Wiley, New York, xiii + 369 pp. Book
Smil, V. 1991. Does energy efficiency explain Japan’s economic success? Current History 90 (555):175-178, 181. PDF
Smil, V. 1991. A guide for green sceptics. The Independent 2(9):18-19.
Smil, V. 1991. Mainland China’s agricultural prospects: some fundamental limitations. Issues & Studies27(6):45-67.
Smil, V. 1991. Global warming: what we know and what we can do. Populi 18(2):35-45.
Smil, V. 1991. Population growth and nitrogen: An exploration of a critical existential link. Population and Development Review 17:569-601.
1990
Smil, V. 1990. Planetary warming: realities and responses. Population and Development Review 16:1-29.
Smil, V. 1990. Energy costs of Chinese crop farming. In: T.C. Tso, ed., Agricultural Reform and Development in China, IDEALS, Beltsville, MD, pp. 260-267.
Smil, V. 1990. Missing energy perspectives. In: Damming the Three Gorges, G. Ryder, ed., Probe International, Toronto, pp. 101-106.
Smil, V. 1990. Feeding China’s people. Current History 80(548):257-260, 276-277.
Smil, V. 1990. Take heart: Why wine may be good for you. Wine 5(12):72-74.
Smil, V. 1990. China and Japan: energy contrasts and commonalities. In: P. N. Nemetz, ed., The Pacific Rim, University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, pp. 297- 309.
Smil, V. 1990. Nitrogen and phosphorus. In: B.L. Turner et al., eds., The Earth as Transformed by Human Action, Cambridge University Press, New York, pp. 423-436.
